Year 5

Both the children and the staff have had a wonderful Enterprise Week, the children in Year 5 have worked so hard creating and selling their popcorn. We are pleased to announce that we managed to raise a total of £175 which we will be sending to the Save The Children charity. A huge thank you to all who came along afterwards to buy the popcorn and support the children. Photos of the week will be up shortly in our gallery so please take a look at all of the hard work that the children have put into this project.

Maths:this week we will be applying our knowledge to some a variety of challenges and problem solving activities.

Writing:the children will be sharing their diaries of Pompeii, they will edit these and write them up in neat.

Reading:we will be using our inference and deduction skills to discuss how characters are feeling and will relate what we read to our own experiences.

Reminders:

The term ends on Thursday at 2.15pm so please remember to collect your child early.

Thank you.

The Year 5 Team

Week beginning Monday 11th July

We have had a busy week at the Juniors. Thank you to everyone who participated in and came along to support the Junior Sports Day, a fantastic day was had by all!

This week is Enterprise Week, the children in Year 5 will be making flavoured popcorn to sell at the Year 2/3 fashion show on Friday afternoon. The whole week will be themed around Enterprise Week and so all of our lessons will incorporate a different element of this. The children will need to develop a brand name for their popcorn, they will conduct market research and will be taste testing different flavour combinations! All of the profit made will go to Save The Children charity.

Reminders:

On Tuesday the Year 5 will be visiting Reigate School, please can you ensure that they arrive promptly at 8.30am as we will be leaving to walk shortly after we register them. Please note that the children do not need a packed lunch for this trip as we will be back at school in time for lunch.

Year 5 assembly on Thursday at 9.15am.

Thank you.

The Year 5 Team

5A

5S

5W

Lisa

Charley

Abbie

Alex

Jacob

Hammaad

James

Haaris

Bella

Gareth

Week beginning Monday 4th July

Maths:this week we will be looking at fractions with a focus on improper fractions (e.g. 3 2/4), the children will be converting from improper fractions to mixed number fractions and visa versa.

Writing:this week we will continue with writing a diary based on Pompeii. The children will be using all of their senses to imagine that they were there during the volcanic eruption and will apply this to their writing to build up a picture in the readers head.

Reading:we will be looking at shape poetry and the different techniques that are used to engage the reader. The children will be writing their own piece of shape poetry which links to our topic of Extreme Earth and Weather.

Reminders:

Wednesday is the Junior sports day, please remember to send your child into school wearing their PE kit (white T-shirt and burgundy shorts), they will need a packed lunch, plenty of water and a sun hat/sun cream if the weather is hot.

Your children will have come home with a letter containing information on their new class, class swap day is on Friday 8th July, the children should go straight to their new class on this day.

Thank you.

The Year 5 Team

Week beginning Monday 27th June

Maths:this week we once again be looking at decimals, we will focus on converting from fractions to decimals (e.g. 1/2 = 0.5) and ordering decimals using our knowledge of place value.

Writing:this week we will be writing diaries about Pompeii. The children will be using all of their senses to imagine that they were there during the volcanic eruption and will apply this to their writing to build up a picture in the readers head.

Reading:we will be looking at performance poetry and the different techniques that are used to engage the reader. The children will be writing their own piece of performance poetry about their time in Year 5.

Reminders:

We have our trip to Warick School on Wednesday, the children need to arrive promptly at 8.30am as we will be leaving the school shortly after this to walk to the school. All children will need to bring a packed lunch and a water bottle. We will arrive back to school for a 3.30pm collection time (please note there is no 3.15pm pick up on this day).

Thank you.

The Year 5 Team

Week beginning Monday 20th June

This week is Assessment week, which happens every term and will provide us with an overview of how the children are progressing, it will highlight their next steps, as well as giving them the opportunity to show off their knowledge and learning over the last term. We will be assessing the children in Maths, GPS, Reading and Writing.

Reminders:

As part of our topic 'Extreme Earth and Weather' the children will be making their own working model of a volcano, we therefore ask if your child please bring in an empty drinks bottle and a cardboard box (e.g. an empty cereal box).

We look forward to seeing you on Friday for Sports Day. Do join us for a picnic on the field from 11.30am. The Year 5 races will take place after the picnic.

Thank you.

The Year 5 Team

Week beginning Monday 13th June

We hope you had a lovely half term. We have had a great week back, thank you to all of you who kindly donated gifts for the summer fair.

On Wednesday we received a visit from the RNLI who spoke to the children about the importance of staying safe near the water this summer. If you would like to find out more information please visit their children's website http://rnli.org/shorething/Pages/default.aspx

Maths:this week we will be recapping and consolidating previous learning in preparation for assessment week (week beginning 20th June). We will be covering the following topics: area and perimeter, roman numerals, fractions, decimals and percentage (with a focus on finding a percentage of an amount).

Writing:we will continue to write disaster stories based on our new topic: Extreme Earth and Extreme Weather. We will be focusing on using 'show not tell' to portray feelings and emotions within the story.

Reading:we will be using our comprehension skills to answer questions based on non-fiction texts.

Reminders:

We will be delivering the RSE lessons this week, these will take place across three afternoons (Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.)

Can you please make sure that the children's water bottles only contain water.

Thank you.

The Year 5 Team

Week beginning Monday 6th June

We hope you have a lovely half term.

Maths:this week we will be looking at money. We will remind ourselves how to add and subtract; multiply and divide money word problems.

Writing:we will be writing stories based on our new topic: Extreme Earth and Extreme Weather. These will be disaster stories focused on building the tension.

Reading:we will be using our inference and deduction skills to answer questions based around different visual stimuli.

Reminders:

Remember Monday 6th June is an inset day - the children come back on Tuesday. Have a look at the Year 5 photo album to see what we did this half term - we've had such a great time. PE will be on again this Tuesday and Thursday.

The Year 5 Team

Week beginning Monday 23rd May

The Anglo-Saxon day was a huge success - look at the Year 5 photo album to see what we did!

Maths:this week we will be revisiting our understanding of shape. At the beginning of the week we will look at properties of 2D and 3D shape and see how we can categorise these using Venn and Carroll diagrams. We will also look at translation and rotation.

Writing:we will be writing our biased newspaper on who should be the next King in 1066 after Edward the Confessor died.

Reading:we are learning how to extract information from non-fiction texts.

Reminders:

PE will be on again this Tuesday and Thursday.

The Year 5 Team

Week beginning Monday 16th May

Maths:this week we will be revisiting our understanding of measures. We will remind ourselves how to convert capacity, length and mass measures e.g. 1000g= 1kg (so multiply and divide by 1000); 10mm = 1cm, 100cm = 1m, 1000m = 1km; 1000ml= 1l. Each day we will tackle word problems based on capacity, length or mass. Having an understanding of the different conversions will be key!

Writing:we will be continuing to look at features of newspapers. We then use these features to write our own biased newspaper on who should be the next King in 1066 after Edward the Confessor died.

Reading:we are learning about idioms e.g. A leopard can't change his spots means you cannot change who you are. We will look at these in texts and consider why authors use them.

Reminders:

Anglo-Saxon Day is on Tuesday! Please can you send your child dressed up as an Anglo-Saxon. An Anglo-Saxon could wear: a neutrally coloured T-shirt borrowed from an adult; long socks with a shoe lace wrapped around to make it look like sandals; a neutral material (like a throw/towel) to wrap around the shoulders; they also wore brooches. If you are feeling adventurous you could make a shield or hat from cardboard and paint it or cover it in tin foil.

There will be no PE on Tuesday, but please can children bring in PE kits and wellies as we will be going out in the woodlands this term. If the weather is good then trainers are fine for the woodlands.

The Year 5 Team

Week beginning 9th May

Maths:this week we will spend two days looking at negative numbers: how we use them in real life (temperature/bank accounts) and how to add or subtract them e.g. 25 - 74 = ??

We will spend the rest of the week looking at addition and subtraction word problems; how to choose the operation to solve the problem; and then solving multi-step problems.

Writing:we will learn about newspapers; their features and how to write an article. We will plan a newspaper article for our topic Anglo-Saxons and Vikings and think about who should succeed Edward the Confessor as King in 1066.

Reading:we will continue with our comprehension based activities.

Reminders:

Please can children bring in PE kits and wellies as we will be going out in the woodlands this term. If the weather is good then trainers are fine for the woodlands.

The Year 5 Team

Week beginning 2nd May

We hope you enjoy the 3 day bank holiday weekend. School resumes as normal on Tuesday - don't forget PE kits!

Maths:this week we are learning about statistics. We will focus on creating, reading and interpreting line graphs.

Writing:we will be continuing to describe a setting for a battle using descriptive techniques. Last week the children did so well describing the gory details of a battle field - the boys, in particular, seemed extremely motivated to write (I wonder why??!)

Reading:we are leaving Viking Sagas behind us and moving onto more comprehension based activities.

Reminders:

Please can children bring in PE kits and wellies as we will be going out in the woodlands this term. If the weather is good then trainers are fine for the woodlands.

The Year 5 Team

Week beginning 25th April

Maths:this week we are looking at timetables (such as bus and train timetables). On Monday we will be reminding ourselves about 24 hour clocks. This will support us for the rest of the week as we solve word problems about different timetables.

Writing:this week we are going to continue with our text 'Beowulf' - we will be describing a setting for a battle using descriptive techniques.

Reading:we will continue studying different Viking Sagas and hearing about all the mischief Loki gets up to in them.

Reminders:

Thank you to all the children who have returned the record sheet (from the school report) - if you have lost it, but your details are the same then please write a note in your child's contact book that it is the same and we will let the office know.

Please can children bring in PE kits and wellies as we will be going out in the woodlands this term. If the weather is good then trainers are fine for the woodlands.

The Year 5 Team

Week beginning 18th April

Maths: this week we are looking at division. On Monday we will be identifying the link between multiplication and division which will hopefully support us for the rest of the week as we use the bus stop method to solve division problems.

Writing: this week we are going to continue with our text 'Beowulf' - we will be learning about noun phrases and writing a character description of Beowulf.

Reading: we will be studying different Viking Sagas and hearing about all the mischief Loki gets up to in them.

Reminders:

Thank you to all the children who have returned the record sheet (from the school report) - if you have lost it, but your details are the same then please write a note in your child's contact book that it is the same and we will let the office know.

Please can children bring in PE kits and wellies as we will be going out in the woodlands this term. If the weather is good then trainers are fine for the woodlands.

The Year 5 Team

Week beginning 21st March

Maths: this week we look at angles! The children will estimating and measuring different types of angles. We will look at acute, obtuse, right-angles and reflex angles.

Writing: this week we are going to recap our learning of apostrophes for possession (the cat's bowl) and for contractions ( do not = don't). We will also be finalising our letters to the Queen!

Reading: we our nearing the end of 'The Other Side of Truth'. We are going to finish the book this week and will look at the impact of the story overall. The children have all thoroughly enjoyed this book and cannot wait to see what happens.

Reminders: Our final trip payment is due by Thursday please.

Thank you to everyone who came to watch our wonderful Easter assembly, it was great to see so many friends and family there. Of course a huge well done to all the children for their wonderful performances.

School finishes at 2:15pm on Thursday 24th March.

We hope you have a wonderful Easter!

The Year 5 Team

A huge well done to Adharsh in 5W for winning the Times Tables Bee! It was a close competition and we are all very proud of his achievement! Congratulations!

Week beginning 14th March

This week we will be undertaking assessments in Maths, SPAG, Reading and writing.

Reminders/ other information:

On Tuesday 15th March Year 5 will be going on a trip called the 'Easter Experience'. Please can all children been in school for 8:30am as we are leaving promptly at 9am. Lunch will be at school as normal. Children are to wear full school uniform.

Last week a letter was sent out regarding our visitors from 'History Off The Page'. We Have asked for payment of £7.90 for this visit. Please note this will be our final trip/visit for the year and therefore the final payment we will ask for.

Week beginning 7th March

Maths: This week we are focusing on problem solving. We will be solving problems which require more than one calculation (multi-step problems) and problems involving different units of measure (cm/g etc).

English: This week we look at persuasive writing in the form of speeches. The children are going to discover persuasive techniques and how to write for an effect. We will also look at modal verbs in SPAG. Modal verbs are words which tell you the likelihood of something happening or whether something can be done, for example I CAN run really fast or she MUST wait to be called.

Reading: We will be continuing with our book 'The Other Side Of Truth'. The children are all really enjoying the book and can't wait to find out what will happen.

Reminders: We are still doing Rugby on the field so spare socks and muddy trainers are very useful. Children cannot wear any school jumpers or cardigans for PE so please have a different one for PE lessons.

The Year 5 Team.

Week beginning 29th February

We have had a great start back this half term and have launched our new project 'What Makes Britain Great'. The children are thoroughly enjoying learning about Britain and have particularly enjoyed finding out about Kings and Queens.

MATHS: This week we are continuing with our learning on fractions, decimals and percentages. We will continue to covert between them as well as starting to find percentages of amounts. Towards the end of the week we will start to problem solve with fractions, decimals and percentages.

English: We will continue to look at letter writing this week. We are going to write a formal letter to a very important person! We will focus on the layout of a letter as well as the appropriate language to use.

Reading: Last week we began reading 'The Other Side Of Truth'. The children have really enjoyed reading and listening to the book. This week we will continue with the book and will begin to empathise with the characters' feelings.

Reminders: We are doing PE on the field this half term so trainers will be getting muddy, spare socks and a plastic bag might be useful to keep in PE bags. Also, if you have spare trainers which could be used for indoor PE these would be useful for this half term.

World Book Week is next week and the children are invited to dress up as a book character on Wednesday.

Week beginning 22nd February

We have had a lovely half term which just seems to have flown by! The children have really enjoyed learning all about the rainforest, they have produced some truly fantastic pieces of work. Please take a look at the Year 5 photo album to view some of the children's rainforest stop screen animations.

Maths: During the first week back the children will be looking at fractions, decimals and percentages as these three topics are closely linked. The children need to understand that 1/2 can also be expressed as 50% as well as 0.5.

Reading: The children will be introduced to a new book called 'The other side of truth' which is linked to our new topic 'what makes Britain great'. During the first week we will focus on the skill of prediction.

English: The children will learn the rules of using semi colons and will be applying these to their writing in which they will be writing letters.

Reminders: Monday 22nd February is an inset day, the children return to school on Tuesday 23rd February.

The Year 5 team

Week beginning 8th February

All the children in Year 5 had a fantastic experience on Friday morning with the animals from Urban Farm (www.hounslowurbanfarm.co.uk). Many thanks to the staff who made the experience unforgettable! Please take a look at the Year 5 photo albums to see the children with the animals.

Maths: The children will continue to look at time with a focus on elapsed time. Questions such as "What time will it be in 1 hour?" will help your child to develop these skills. These skills are important in everyday life and children should continue to practise reading the time on a daily basis.

Reading: We will continue to look at 'The Vanishing Rainforest' book, the children will end the week by taking part in a debate about deforestation.

English: The children will be looking at the skills needed to write an ending to a story and will be applying these skills to writing the end of their rainforest story. The children will end the week by writing up their entire rainforest stories.

Maths: We will be looking at time, both analogue and digital clocks (12 and 24 hours). The children will focus on telling time to the nearest 5 minutes.

Reading: We will be looking at a new book called 'The Vanishing Rainforest' this will lead this us onto debating about the deforestation.

English: Each week we have a new grammar focus, this week we will look again at question marks, exclamation marks and inverted commas (speech marks). The children will be applying these skills to their writing, which this week will be sorting the shock part of their rainforest story.

This week the children will begin work on their stop screen motion therefore we ask if they are able to bring in an empty shoe box to use for their project.

Week beginning 25th January

Maths: The children will be recapping their learning on direction and using this to look into reflection and translation. Basic skills will include knowing left from right as well as the points of a compass.

Reading:This week the children will continue to look at The Great Kapok tree, they will focus on empathising with characters as well as looking at how the author's experiences have influenced her writing.

English: Our grammar focus will be using short sentences to create effect, we will also look at using ellipsis (3 dots used to create a pause for effect). The children will be using these skills to create suspense and shock for their rainforest story.

Reminders: The children will be having an e-safety talk on Monday.

Please can children remember to bring in jumpers for their outdoor PE lessons.

The Year 5 Team

Week beginning 18th January

Maths: The children will be learning about converting between units of measurement, we will also cover reading scales. This is an important skill that children should know and understand, it requires knowledge and application of multiplication and division.

Reading:This week the children will be introduced to a new book which links to our topic about rainforests. We will be focusing on emphasising with the characters feelings, the children will take part in some drama activities to put themselves into the role of the characters.

English: Our grammar focus will be parenthesis - putting extra information into sentences by using brackets, commas or dashes. The children will be applying these skills when describing a character for their rainforest story.

Reminders: A reminder that clubs start on Monday 18th January.

The Year 5 Team

Week beginning 11th January

We have had a wonderful 3 days back at school, the children have shown a great attitude to learning and have enjoyed learning about our new topic.

Maths: We will be recapping rounding numbers, including numbers up to a million. Children will need to apply the rules for rounding and use their knowledge of place value to help them.

Reading:We will continue to look at the book, The Shaman's Apprentice which links directly to our topic. We will focus on comprehension - using our skills to retrieve information from the text to answer questions as well as making predictions.

English: We will be learning how to use figurative language when setting the scene for our fictional stories, which again will link to our topic.

Reminders: Clubs letters have gone home today, these should be returned on Monday morning, please state which club your child would like to attend in order of preference. Please note your child will NOT need wellington books this half term as in Woodlands we will be learning how to use Ordnance Survey maps in a classroom setting.

The Year 5 Team

Week beginning 4th January

Welcome back - we hope you have a lovely Christmas break. We are very excited in Year 5 to start the spring term and in particular our new topic 'Rainforests'. Please remember Tuesday 5th January is an inset day and the children are due back Wednesday at the normal time.

Maths: We will be learning Roman Numerals. e.g. V = 5, III = 3.

Reading:We will be looking at different rainforest books and exploring the settings vocabulary that they use.

SPAG: We will be focusing on story openers and seeing how you can use different tricks to start a story e.g. using an adverb to start a story so we have used a complex sentence in our writing.

Reminders: Please note your child will NOT need wellington books this half term as in Woodlands we will be learning how to use Ordnance Survey maps in a classroom setting.

The Year 5 Team

Young Voices Lyrics - February 2016

We cannot believe the first term of Year 5 is nearly over - do have a look at the Year 5 Photo Album page to see all the wonderful pictures from this term. Thank you for all of your support throughout the term, as teachers we do appreciate everything you do at home.

Spot the Station: On Tuesday we will watch Tim Peake launch into space live! He will be the first British man to go the International Space Station and the 8th British man to venture into space. The International Space Station orbits the earth and is visible twice a day - click here to see when it is visible.

Maths: We will be focusing on Christmas word problems that look at number operations (adding, subtracting, dividing, multiplying.

Reading:We will be looking at how to write a book review and what to include.

SPAG: We will be editing our space stories and improving them. Then we will write them up in neat in our topic books illustrating the page with eye-catching images.

Reminders: If you have not yet paid the £3.50 for the visit of the Rainforest animals then please do as soon as you can. Don't forget the Year 5 sing-a-long is on Monday at 2.45pm. We break up on Friday at 2.15pm and return on Wednesday 6th January.

The Year 5 Team

Week beginning 7th December

Thank you to all the parents and carers who came to Christmas Making Morning.

Next week is slightly different in the sense that the children will be undertaking end of term assessments in Maths, Reading, SPAG and Writing. These are just to help the teachers to see how the children are progressing and help to identify any gaps in learning that need to be addressed.

French: In French your child has been learning greetings, numbers and colours. Here are two websites that have French games which will help them with what they have learnt this term.

Reminders: Please remember that money for the Rainforest animals is due on the 10th December. The cost is £3.50 per child which can paid online.

Week beginning 30th November

It was wonderful to see so many parents at Parents Evening and to celebrate all the hard work the children have done.

Maths: Next week we will be starting to look at the area and perimeter of shapes. As the week progresses we will look the compound shapes and working out their area and perimeter.

SPAG: We will be looking at story setting. Children will need to be able to write an independent story setting using adjectives, personification and similes.

Reading:Finally, in Reading, we will be focusing on comprehension. Children will look at various comprehension questions and how best to answer them.

Reminders: Christmas Making Morning is on Tuesday the 1st December from 9am-11am, children will need to bring in a glass jar.

Week beginning 23rd November

The children had a wonderful trip on Tuesday to The Observatory – please do look at the Year 5 photo album page to get a glimpse of what we experienced.

Maths: Next week we will be continuing with fractions. We will be specifically looking at adding and subtracting fractions. The children need to understand you need make the denominator the same before adding or subtracting. E.G.

SPAG: We will continue with the speech, but move onto reported speech. Children will need to convert direct speech into reported speech. E.G.

“The level of noise in this classroom is totally unacceptable,” said Mr Daws.

Becomes: Mr Daws told his class that they were being far too noisy.

Reading:Finally, in Reading, we will be focusing on performance poetry. Children will read and perform different poetry in different styles – dependent on the piece.

Reminders: Parents evenings are on Tuesday and Thursday, if you haven’t made an appointment please do. Any problems please speak to the office.

Week beginning 16th November

Maths: Next week we will be moving onto fractions. There are links with fractions and division, but our focus will be ordering and comparing fractions. This will mean the children will need to know how to find the lowest common denominator. This is because if a child is to compare 1/4 to 1/2 they will need to readjust the denominator so it becomes 2/8 and 4/8 - this clearly shows us which fraction is bigger.

SPAG: We will focusing on speech. Children will need to identify when direct speech is used and understand how to punctuate it correctly. E.g. Jim cried, "My leg hurts!"

Reading:Finally, in Reading, we will be focusing on poetry. We will read different types of poetry and identify the meaning behind it and why the author has used the language they have.

Reminders: Our trip is on Tuesday! Children need to be in at 8.30am (the coaches leave promptly before 9am), children must bring in a coat and they need to wear school uniform. There will be parts of the trip which require the children to be outside so if it is cold then children are advised to wear a hat, scarf and gloves. Please send your child in with a pack lunch and a snack, this can be in a disposable bag (labelled) or in their normal school bag. Any other questions then please ask your child's class teacher.

The Year 5 Team

Week beginning 9th November

It's been a frantic first week back at school with lots of learning. Thank you to all the parents and carers who have signed and paid for the school trip. The trip is now under two weeks away (17th November).

Maths: Next week we will continue to look at division. We are now moving onto showing remainders as decimals and fractions. E.g. 23 divided by 2 = 11 r 1 or 11.5 or 11 and a half.

SPAG: We will showcasing 3 different activities on Monday, Wednesday and Friday based on adverbs, adjectives and homophones. On the other days we will be considering how we structure a story.

Reading:Finally, in Reading, we will be focusing on non-fiction texts. We will answering comprehension questions based on these texts and use our skimming and scanning skills to help us to find the answer.

Reminders:Remembrance Day is on 11th November and, as a mark of respect, we will be taking part in the 1 minute silence.

The Year 5 Team

Week beginning 2nd November

Firstly, thank you for all your support at the Year 5 assembly. We were overwhelmed with the amount of people that came and I think you would agree that the children did extremely well. The first half term has flown by; we trust you have had a lovely half term break too.

Maths: Next week we look at division. We will reminding ourselves how to divide by 10, 100 and 1000 and then focus the rest of the week on the long division method.

SPAG: We will look at connectives. We will consider the different types of connectives e.g. adding connective (and, also); cause and effect connective (because, therefore); time connective (next, after).

Reading:Finally, we we will look at figurative language in Reading. We will consider the impact of similes, metaphors and alliteration in writing and why authors may choose to use them.

Reminders:The children have received a purple letter about our trip to the Observatory on 17th November. Please return the slip by Tuesday 3rd November. It promises to be a hugely exciting and educational trip to go alongside our next topic of 'Space'.

Also, the children have been sent home with a 'times tables' sheet. This is a new way to help and encourage the children to work on their times tables. All details are on the sheet (please ask if you need a new one) and most of it will take place in school. If the children could do some times tables revision at home it would be really beneficial.

The Year 5 Team

Week beginning 19th October

Maths: Next week looks at different types of numbers. We will look at factors (2 numbers which multiply to make a given number), prime numbers (numbers where the factors are only one and itself), square numbers (2x2=4 so 4 is a square number) and cube numbers (2x2x2=8 so 8 is a cube number).

SPAG: Next week we will look at homophones, these are words which sound the same but have differnt meanings and spellings. For example, there/their/they're - I want to go over there. Is that their ball? I hope they're having fun.

Reading: Next week we will look at different texts to help us figure out characters' motives and actions. We will interpret why a character has done or might choose to do something.

Reminders: The children have received a purple letter about our trip to the Observatory on 17th November. Please return the slip by 3rd November. It promises to be a hugely exciting and educational trip to go alongside our next topic of 'Space'.

Also, the children have been sent home with a 'times tables' sheet. This is a new way to help and encourage the children to work on their times tables. All details are on the sheet (please ask if you need a new one) and most of it will take place in school. If the children could do some times tables revision at home it would be really beneficial.

The Year 5 Team

Week beginning 12th October

Maths: Next week we will look at written methods for multiplication. Our focus will be short multiplication, in order to help with this we will also look a lot at times tables.

SPAG: Next week we will be working on suffixes (a string of letter which are added to the end of a word to change it). For example jump - jumping or jumped. We will look at the effect it has on a word when a suffix is added, does it changing the meaning of the word?

Reading: Next week we focus on the difference between a fact and an opinion. We will look at how a fact can be proven or based on evidence where as an opinion is a thought or view.

Reminders: Year 5/6 Halloween disco is from 6-7pm Friday 16th October. £2 entry on the door, sweets 50p and glow stick £1. Please feel free to dress up as a spooky character (this is optional).

The Year 5 Team

Week beginning 05th October

Maths: Next week we will be looking at column addition and subtraction. We will revise the formal written method using numbers with up to 5 digits. At the end of the week we will use the skills to solve written mathematical problems.

SPAG: Next week we will look at the use of commas in lists to separate adjectives as well as items. The children will apply these skills to their writing at the end of the week.

Reading: Next week's focus is inference (thinking beyond the literal information given) and deduction (developing an understanding based on evidence in the text). We will answer questions based on different texts.

The Year 5 Team

Week beginning 28th September

Reading: We will be looking at making predictions, we will look at the front covers of books, the blurb and extracts of text to help us decide what we think might happen.

Maths: We are looking at fractions, this will include finding equivalent fractions (e.g. 1/2 is the same as 4/8), looking at mixed number fractions (4 1/4) and improper fractions (8/2). The children will be converting between mixed number fractions and improper fractions.

SPaG: We are going to look at how to use adverbs to extend our sentences. For example, The boy walked to the park. Adding an adverb (an adverb describes a verb) could make the sentence - the boy walked quickly to the park.

Reminders: Please can we have spare socks for PE as we have been on the field. We will be heading to the woodlands on Friday so you may wish to bring in wellies.

The Year 5 Team

Week beginning 21st September

Maths: next week we will be focusing on multiplication, we will look into mental methods for multiplication and applying our times tables to help solve problems.

SPAG: we will spend next week looking at apostrophes. We will be focusing on when apostrophes are used for possession, i.e. The dog's bowl is full of food (the bowl belongs to the dog so an apostrophe is needed).

Reading: next week we will continue to look at empathising with characters. This week we will focus on character traits (messy, pompous, generous). We will look at different texts and will try to identify the traits based on the actions of the character.

Reminders: Please bring spare socks for PE and trainers as we will be going on the field for PE.

If you would like to further discuss with your child why E-safety is so important, the children have watched and discussed this video. Click here to view.

The Year 5 Team

Week beginning 14th September

Maths: next week we will be looking at Shape. We will cover 2D shapes and 3D shapes. Within 2D shape we will look at the features of different shapes as well as the three different types of triangle. 3D shape will focus on faces, edges and vertices.

SPaG: we will be continuing to look at punctuation next week. Our focus will be question marks and exclamation marks. We will look at the impact these have on our writing and why it is so important to make sure we punctuate our sentences correctly.

Reading: next week will focus on characters and their feelings. We will look at empathizing with characters and explaining their thoughts and feelings.We will use clues in the text as well as pictures to help support our ideas.

This week the children thoroughly enjoyed an activity from their French lessons, if you would like to have a go at home click here

Reminders: please bring in a spare pair of socks for PE as we will be on the field (PE days are Tuesday and Thursday). We will be heading to the woodlands on Friday so wellies or trainers will also be needed.

The Year 5 Team.

Week beginning 7th September

We have had a fantastic start to Year 5, it was wonderful to hear all the stories about the summer holidays from the children. A big thank you for making the effort to send your children in with the correct uniform - they all look very smart.

This week we will be looking at:

SPAG(Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar): We will be recapping the use of capital letters and full-stops. It is always surprising how many children forget this in their independent work. It is imperative to instinctively use these so that the children's work can be marked to their full potential.

Reading: We will be looking at reading comprehensions and skimming and scanning texts. Skimming and scanning is an important skill to help find the relevant information quickly and efficiently.

Maths: We will be looking at place value. We will be identifying the value of each digit in a number and using this knowledge to create different sized integers. Integers are whole numbers.

Project: We will be learning about Antarctica. We will be fact-finding, map reading and beginning to learn about the history of Antarctica (with a focus on the race to the pole).

Reminders: Our skills day this year will be on Friday, PE days are Tuesday and Thursday, but we expect children to bring in their PE kits on Monday and take them home on Friday. If the weather looks poor then please send your child in with a coat.

The Year 5 Team

Welcome to Year 5!

We hope you had a fantastic summer and are ready for all the exciting things that will be happening this year!

On this page we will provide a weekly update of what we have been doing and what's coming up in the following week.

As always, we encourage communication between home and school. Please come and talk to us if you have any questions.

The Federation of Earlswood Schools recognise our moral and statutory responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of all pupils. We endeavour to provide a safe and welcoming environment where children are respected and valued. We are alert to the signs of abuse and neglect and follow our procedures to ensure that children receive effective support, protection and justice. Child protection forms part of the school’s safeguarding responsibilities.